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Caterpillar Foundation

The Caterpillar Foundation is dedicated to transforming lives in the communities where Caterpillar lives and works around the world. Together with its partners, the Foundation champions programs that support education, environment and basic human needs, which help people help themselves out of poverty. The Caterpillar Foundation has contributed more than $685 million to help make sustainable progress possible around the world.
The Caterpillar Foundation’s mission is to alleviate poverty and place people on the path to prosperity

Michele Sullivan

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Michele Sullivan has held various globally influential leadership positions at Caterpillar during her 29-year career.

Michele has taken the Caterpillar Foundation from transactional to a global and strategic Foundation and is well known for her global expertise and sustainable and collaborate approach to philanthropic investing.

Michele was honored to give a TED talk at TEDWomen 2016, becoming the first Caterpillar employee to do so. She was named by Inside Philanthropy as one of the 50 most powerful women in philanthropy and also served as a U.S. delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

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Kathleen Ralston

Director of Activations, Handshake

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Kathleen brings to Handshake more than ten years of experience building awareness, raising funds and producing events for political organizations, non-profits and Fortune 500 companies’ social impact initiatives. As Director of Activations, Kathleen leads the production of activations for the company’s key accounts including producing myriad influencer dinners, thought leadership panels and all activities and experiences related to clients’ participation in U.N. General Assembly Week, the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, SXSW, and others. Kathleen resides in New York City where she enjoys exploring the city and spending time with her young son. She loves to travel and is an avid reader and political junkie.